Ceremonial spade

Made:
1847

Ceremonial Spade, Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds Railway, Cutting of the first sod-Norwich Extension of the Ipswich & Bury St Edmunds Railway Co., 25 February 1847.

Details

Category:
Miscellanea & Curiosities
Object Number:
1986-8029
Measurements:
overall: 60 mm x 1020 mm x 230 mm,
type:
spade
credit:
British Rail, Historical Relics

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